This isn’t the primary time that Trump, confronted with a international coverage impediment, has threatened to annex international territory.
Since returning to energy in 2025, he has threatened to make Canada the 51st US state, seize Greenland and has even alluded to taking management of the Gaza Strip, with out following by way of on any of those threats.
Earlier than the Iran warfare erupted on Feb 28, the Strait of Hormuz was an open, worldwide waterway.
Iran says it won’t reopen the strait till america meets a sweeping record of calls for together with ending the US blockade of Iran’s ports, lifting oil sanctions, liberating up frozen Iranian property and paying warfare damages.
